It’s something every person struggles with. But why? Sin… When Eve allowed the lies of the serpent to taint her trust in what God had said about eating of the fruit of the tree in the midst of the garden, she ceased to trust. Before then she had perfect trust. She knew who God was. …
Tempting, but no thank you!
When I was a child “Just Say No!” was the “catch phrase” for how to handle temptations. Drugs, strangers enticing you to come with them, etc. I still remember D.A.R.E. (drug abuse resistance education) and later G.R.E.A.T. (gang resistance education and training) classes teaching us how to say NO to things that would harm us …
A little stirred up
If you are anything like me, you can be quick to get stirred up about some things. When someone rubs us the wrong way, or perhaps we want to jump to a friend’s defense in a matter. We have to be SO careful about being easily “stirred up” in these kinds of matters. James 1:19 …
Little Ears Are Listening!
Mommas, have you tried your best to quietly open that candy bar so you could enjoy a moment of much needed chocolate? Haha if you’re a mom of littles, I’m sure you have many times. They hear the things we don’t want them to that’s for sure. If we ever start whispering, they get quiet …
Falling Away? -or- Following Always?
None of us are perfect. But God truly wants to work all things for good in our lives. He can take the most bleak of situations and turn it around. But it all depends on our faithfulness to Him and following His leading.
Morning is Coming!
Ever have one of those days you could not wait for it to end? Yea, that was me yesterday. My day started out heavy with burdens but ended nothing like I expected. I was ready for bed around lunch, ready to try to forget what felt like would consume and break me. But, being broken …
What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do!
The sun rises on a new day and you find yourself faced with an obstacle you just honestly don’t know how to handle. Maybe it’s something beyond your control, it’s out of your hands. This new challenge leaves you feeling helpless, afraid and overwhelmed. We all have times that come into our lives that stop …
A study on sheep and shepherds
So many times in God’s word we are referred to as sheep and He is our good shepherd. We all can visualize what that relationship looks like. We are the ones who need the shepherd’s constant guidance and care. But I wanted to really study out a sheep. What are their characteristics? And I also …
What kind of house is yours?
How would visitors characterize your house? Would they say it is a house of neatness? A house of order? Or would they leave feeling stressed, and glad to get home to their own place of rest? No matter how people would describe my home in the physical sense, I have found one description from the …
Is He Yours?
That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, …